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I appreciate the point of view but the 12 Stepper mentality, and from your post you may have an idea what I am talking about, is part of the advanced victimology Rush claims to be abhoring.

If Rush is truly tired of taking the pills, I think its great he has the money to escape for a month, but other folks manage their addictions differently because they lack those options. I suspect however, Rush's motivation was to posture for a courtroom down the line, though I am sure he really wants to quit 'this time.'

I suspect however, Rush's motivation was to posture for a courtroom down the line, though I am sure he really wants to quit 'this time.'

there could be some truth to this, and it did occur to me that because of the investigation and obviously he's got a problem - he needs to appear to be fixing things....

I'm unsure if the only way to recover in a rehab situation is when you've hit rock bottom, which isn't the case with Rush, let's hope it's not.

If Rush is truly tired of taking the pills, I think its great he has the money to escape for a month, but other folks manage their addictions differently because they lack those options.

I appreciate what you are saying. And no, I actually do not have any experience with such programs; only my own will-power applied to minor withdrawal symptoms. But, I have had the unfortunate(?) experience to have had to watch someone that I care for, suffer through constant, chronic, teeth-gnashing pain. If you want to have any idea what that is like, just spend 8 hours trying not to swallow and you'll come to understand how consuming even the smallest discomfort can be. Under those conditions, I would never fault another for doing anything that needed to be done to alleviate the misery. A cure certainly would have been preferable, but that cure involved female mutilation. Not my judgment or choice to make.

The one good thing that is sure to come out of Rush's unfortunate predicament, will be a more universal understanding of the problem of drug abuse... personally and culturally.